| Re: Problem: !D.Y_SIZE in PS portrait [message #5182] |
Fri, 13 October 1995 00:00 |
thompson
Messages: 584
Registered: August 1991
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rivers@cars3.uchicago.edu (Mark Rivers) writes:
> In article <45gq3d$g26@ikarus.rz.tu-clausthal.de>, heide@immr.tu-clausthal.de (Gerhard Heide) writes:
>> Hi,
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>> I want to use the system varibale !P.MULTI to plot multiple contour plot on
>> a page.
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>> Using set_plot='PS' in landscape mode I havn't problems, but in the portait
>> mode only the lower part of page is used by IDL.
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>> The !D.X_SIZE is corret (17780) but !D.Y_SIZE is to small (12700)!
>> This is half a page!
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>> Why? Who can I solve this problem?
>>
> The default setting of the PostScript device is to only use half the page.
> You need to set the size and offset.
> IDL> SET_PLOT, 'PS'
> IDL> device, xsize=7, ysize=9, yoffset=1, /inch
> (You'll want to look at the documentation on the PS device, the yoffset can
> be confusing and I may have got it wrong).
These are the parameters I use for portrait mode with PostScript. Of course,
they're for American 8.5x11 inch paper, and would need to be modified for
European A4 paper.
DEVICE, /PORTRAIT, /INCHES, XOFFSET=0.75, YOFFSET=0.75, $
XSIZE=7.0, YSIZE=9.5
It's only slightly different from Mark's suggestion.
Bill
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| Re: Problem: !D.Y_SIZE in PS portrait [message #5186 is a reply to message #5182] |
Thu, 12 October 1995 00:00  |
rivers
Messages: 228
Registered: March 1991
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In article <45gq3d$g26@ikarus.rz.tu-clausthal.de>, heide@immr.tu-clausthal.de (Gerhard Heide) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use the system varibale !P.MULTI to plot multiple contour plot on
> a page.
>
> Using set_plot='PS' in landscape mode I havn't problems, but in the portait
> mode only the lower part of page is used by IDL.
>
> The !D.X_SIZE is corret (17780) but !D.Y_SIZE is to small (12700)!
> This is half a page!
>
> Why? Who can I solve this problem?
>
The default setting of the PostScript device is to only use half the page.
You need to set the size and offset.
IDL> SET_PLOT, 'PS'
IDL> device, xsize=7, ysize=9, yoffset=1, /inch
(You'll want to look at the documentation on the PS device, the yoffset can
be confusing and I may have got it wrong).
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